Kusum Haidar

Kusum Haidar is an Indian actress. Her date of birth is the 29th of October 1940. Kusum completed her graduation from Miranda House, Delhi University. Later in 1980, she did MA in Liberal Arts from New York City at The New School for Social Research. She married Salman Haidar. They have two children, Nadeem Haidar and Navina Najat Haidar. In the early days of her career, Kusum used to perform in many English dramas like “ Macbeth Click to look into! >> Read More... ” by Shakespeare in 1956, “The Lady’s Not for Burning” by Christopher Fry in 1957, What the Butler Saw” by Joe Orton in 1974, “Night Mother” by Marsha Norman in 1986, and many more. Kusum also worked in many Hindi Dramas like “Mitti Ki Gari” by Raja Shudrak in 1958, “Khalid Ki Khala” in 1959, “AJGAR” by Tendulkar in 1975, “Zaidi” in 1995, and many more.

“Azad Mulana” was the last Hindi drama in which Kusum performed. It was directed by Tripurari Sharma Bio coming soon... >> Read More... in 2014, in which she played the role of Queen Victoria. Kusum was connected with the Bhulabhai Desai Institute on Warden Road in Bombay. She began her career in movies in 1987 with the film “Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin,” in which she played the role of Ismat Mirza. The writer and director of the film were Sudhir Mishra Sudhir Mishra is a Bollywood director and screenwr >> Read More... . After that, she worked on the film “Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love,” released in 1996. The crime drama movie was directed by Mira Nair Mira Nair, a veteran Filmmaker, based in New York >> Read More... , and Kusum played the role of ‘Dilki’ in the movie. In 2005, she worked on the film “Amu.” The writer and director of the film were Shonali Bose Shonali Bose, who was born in the year 1965, is a >> Read More... , and Kusum played the role of Widow.

The last movie in which Kusum worked was “Midnight’s Children” released in 2012. The movie’s language was English and was directed by Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta makes such pretty movies, when watchin >> Read More... . Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran Shriya Saran, the timeless beauty, is a much loved >> Read More... , Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi is a film actress of Indian origin an >> Read More... , Anupam Kher Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and >> Read More... , Ronit Roy Ronit Roy (Ronit Bose Roy) was born on 11th Octobe >> Read More... , and Seema Biwas had the leading role in the movie. The actress has received many awards in her career. She received the award for the Best Actress from Delhi Natya Sangh Academy for her role in “Dinner with The Family” in 1961. In 2013, Kusum received The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting from the President of India, and she received ‘Nat Samrat Award in 2017. Kusum Haidar learned Tai- Chi at ‘The Place,’ a contemporary dance school in London from Mrs. Geddes. Kusum had been teaching Tai- Chi at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Kusum Haidar was a student of the Theatre Unit, School of Dramatic Arts, in Bombay, under the guidance of director E. Alkazi. She was awarded a scholarship from the French Government for specialized training in theatre arts, and she was trained in mime by the world-renowned teacher Jacques Lecoq at Ecole du Mime, Paris, from 1962 to 1963. She also trained as a teacher and director of drama at the British Drama League in 1963. She was the founder member of the theatre company Yatrik.

Kusum has won various awards. She received the Best Production Award from Miranda House, Delhi University, for Riders To The Sea. She won the Best Actress Award for Dinner With The Family and Vasna Kand from Delhi Natya Sangh Academy. In 2012, she received the award for Salman Rushdie's and Deepa Mehta's film Midnights Children. In 2013, she bagged the Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India. Later, she won the Sangeet Natak Academy Award and the Nat Samrat Award in 2018 and 2017, respectively.
 

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